Location and Design Division
OpenRoads Designer (ORD) Connect Edition 
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will formally begin its migration to Bentley’s OpenRoads Designer (ORD) Connect Edition in October 2020 by commencing training and migrating select projects. Coordination efforts began in late 2018 and continued throughout 2019 with Discovery Sessions, Workspace Development, Executive Presentations, and Tech Day in March 2020.
We are continuing to evaluate the most appropriate timing to migrate the various projects. Beyond the select projects that will be migrated in the coming months, there remains the question of when to migrate the remaining projects OR which projects may remain on previous versions (GEOPAK, SS4, and SS10). The Central Office is working with the District L&D Engineers to develop such a list that is based on advertisement date, team training schedules, and other District project development efforts. While the list is currently being developed, it is imperative that we migrate as many projects as possible because Bentley's support for these previous versions will cease on January 1, 2022. Any project that has an advertisement after 12/31/2021 will be migrated to ORD, and any project that has not closed scoping as of 10/01/2020 will be required to design in ORD. Projects being co-designed with the Department are required to meet the timeframes above.
The CADD Support section will be continually adding new features and job aids to this page to assist the end users. Please visit this page often because VDOT will be providing frequent updates.
Larry S. (Sam) Perkins, Jr.
CADD Support Specialist
MicroStation, OpenRoads/GEOPAK,
ORD Connect Edition, and ProjectWise
Larry.Perkins@VDOT.Virginia.gov
(804) 786-1280
Kevin Takala
CADD Support Specialist
MicroStation, OpenRoads/GEOPAK,
ORD Connect Edition, and ProjectWise
Kevin.Takala@VDOT.Virginia.gov
(804) 786-1280
Send your questions and comments to the CADD Support Helpdesk.
Announcements
- OpenRoads CONNECT Edition (ORD) Training Schedule - December 2020
Use the VDOT University to sign-up for remote courses. - Instructions for downloading & installing ORD for Consultant users - October 29, 2020
Information You Can Use
- Letter from State Location & Design Engineer - Migration to Bentley’s OpenRoads Designer (ORD) Software
- Video: Migrating GEOPAK SS2 Project Data to OpenRoads Designer
- Video: Upgrading SS4/SS10 DGN files for use in OpenRoads OpenRail Designer
- Current Version VDOT is using: OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition x64 Version:10.08.01.33 Date:04/28/2020
- OpenRoads Frequently Asked Questions
- The Software and ORD Combined workspace can be downloaded from VDOT ProjectWise at this location - ORD Software and Workspace
- Instructions for downloading & installing ORD for Consultant users
ORD License Access Request Form
Job Aids
- Job Aids are currently being developed and will be added here as they are completed.
